Juan Miguel Martinez - Milwaukee Record

The defense of the Revolution: 3 groups that help the people

June 9, 2020

The streets are filled with people, and our spirits are strong. We are in the midst of one of the largest civil rights demonstration this country has ever seen, and Milwaukee is certainly no slouch in that aren...

The food (and future) of Vibe Lounge on Teutonia Ave.

Juan Miguel Martinez

May 27, 2020

Places like Vibe Lounge (2579 N. Teutonia Ave., 262-777-0212) have a blink-and-you'll-miss-it quality. They are unassuming places, nestled between other buildings and on street corners with modest signage. Upon...

Mr. Dye’s Pies cash mobbed Lopez Bakery—and they’re doing it again on Sunday

Juan Miguel Martinez

May 15, 2020

Seventy-sixth Street is an epic stretch along the north side of Milwaukee. Countless fish and chicken joints, mini-malls, and homes set 50 feet back from the road line the wide concrete. The old Northridge Mall...

Smoker on a hitch: The DIY barbecue of Edward Woulard

Juan Miguel Martinez

May 6, 2020

What a lovely, warm, mid-spring day Saturday, May 2 was. The streets were semi-populated, and I was in my car running an errand for another publication I write for. After this, I was on the hunt for a corner ba...

R.I.P. Milwaukee journalist Mike Anderson, a.k.a. full-hearted soul singer Roshell Anderson

Juan Miguel Martinez

April 21, 2020

I was a child who grew up all over the city of Milwaukee. North side, south side, the west side over by St. Sebastian, the east side in one of those filing cabinets with a view of the lake. I would always see M...

Pronounced “past-ee,” not “pay-stee”: A tribute to Reynold’s Pasty Shop

Juan Miguel Martinez

March 26, 2020

It's a rainy Thursday night on the long, commercially dilapidated stretch of highway that is Layton. I'm driving around in my black jeep, my rideshare app turned on. I'm cruising up on St. Luke's Hospital when ...

Los Comales is a Milwaukee stalwart and a shining light of 16th Street taco joints

Juan Miguel Martinez

March 12, 2020

Sixteenth Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Home to the updated El Rey that took over the Burger King lot, casting a shadow on the smaller and underrated La Hacienda, another superb Mexican grocery store. The mai...

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